Comments on: Grocery IQ: Grocery Shopping Just Got Easier

By: Weldon Dodd

Weldon Dodd — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 02:38:49 +0000

@John - I did try to point out that the database is for U.S. sources in the review so that someone wouldn’t buy it if they lived elsewhere. I’m actually really curious to know where Grocery IQ gets its item database. It would be cool if they were able to add non-US sources.

@Adam - My decision was very similar to yours. I saw the sale price and the upcoming features and figured it was worth a chance to see if they can deliver on the promise. I hope you like the app.

@okaythings - You don’t have to spend any time organizing items by aisle. All the items already appear in a logical group like produce, meat, dairy, etc. You could customize it further if you wanted to, but I find the built-in database pretty useful. It really does help when walking down the aisles in the store. Zenbe Lists sounds cool. I’ll have to check that out too. You wrote a nice review of it.

By: okaythings

okaythings — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:48:23 +0000

I like this review. However, the app seems like overkill in some ways for grocery shopping. There is no way in heck I’m going spend time organizing my grocery list into the proper aisles. Hunting for predefined items sounds problematic as well Besides, aisles change, and I don’t alway shop at the same store.

I like the simplicity of Zenbe Lists for this task. I can already share a single list with my significant other, sharing between iPhones, not just e-mail it. I wrote about Zenbe Lists in detail yesterday: http://tinyurl.com/436lpa

Version 2.0 Grocery IQ sounds solid, though.

By: Adam

Adam — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 21:34:06 +0000

Purchased. With the news that there’s future plans for web sync, and the sale, I’m in.

By: John

John — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:54:25 +0000

Once again, a US specific app.
Supermarkets all use a similar format for stocked items and I’m sure major and minor chains would be happy to provide country specific lists of stocked brands.
Pencil and paper is still looking like the best www method.